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[rockc]

Looking for some parts for my old truck and would like to know what the rest of motors are?

400cid =
350cid = 5.7
327cid =
307cid =
305cid =
302cid =
283cid =
265cid =

[72armyswbtruck]

1 liter = 61.02 cubic inches
1 liter = 1000 cubic centimeters

[Longhorn Man]

400cid = 6.6
350cid = 5.7
327cid = 5.3
307cid = 5.0
305cid = 5.0
302cid = 5.0
283cid = 4.6 ... maybe 4.7
265cid = 4.3
[rant on]
Who's idea was it to start measureing them by larger units of measurement anyways? Wouldn't it have made more sence to go smaller? People will argue with you that a camaro can't have a 5.0... that's a mustang motor. I'm not arguing metric verses standard. I know we are in the stone age on that subject.... but wouldn't cc's have made more sence? Buick did that with there 231 3.8, in the 90's started calling it the 3800. Chevy had a 3300 too... but it never cought on. It coulda saved a LOT of frustration in the late 70's early 80's when there were 2 3.8 engines installed in the malibu/cutlas/regal... they had a 229 and a 231.
Seems kinda stupid and WAY unrelated... .but maybe SOMEONE here has an answer that makes sence.
[/rant off]

[ChevLoRay]

Wasn't it our gummint that wanted us to convert to metric forms of measure? Or, could it have been the automotive manufacturers? I used to have to do the conversions in my head when I was stationed on the island of Taiwan....my Honda read speed in MPH, and the signs were all in KPH. Then, in the mid-late 70's, or maybe a little bit earlier, we were told that we had to convert....only it didn't happen, did it? Oh, we have metric bolts/nuts/screws on our vehicles AND we have good 'ole 'Merican stuff....sometimes mixed on the same vehicle from the git-go. Trying to figger out what wrench to use on which bolt/nut when you can't find exactly the right one sometimes works and sometimes don't. Sometimes, close is good enough. Sometimes, it's a real pisser.

Doing all these conversions of cubic inches to cubic centimeters may work for the parts guys at Auto Zone who are reading a screen and asking (stupid) questions because the computer screen tells them to. What difference does it make? My truck came with a 350. It said so on the side of the truck. If I don't choose to say "Five point seven" when instructed to do so, should I have to? My transmission isn't a metric overdrive unit. It's a TH400. All of the bolts on my truck are American standard.

As to the comment about the 229 and 231's....my '81 El Camino had the 229 V-6 (90-degree) and I was happy and sad at the same time. The 231's were benefitting from having been in production (basically) since Buick brought out the V-6 in the Skylark in '61. I think it had 196CID at first, then was bumped up to 225CID. It was side-lined for a while; Jeep used the 225 in their products in the mid-60's and into the 70's. When Buick returned to it in the 70's and it became the darling of the small car genre (Skyhawk and later Astre), it was renamed the 3.8, with 231 cubic inches. This happened at the time we were being told that we'd be changing over to the metric system. Chevy brought out the 4.3 (262) V-8 for the Monza and then into the Malibu. The 305 became the 5.0. 350's became 5.7's. 454's became 7.4's.

But, Pontiac GTO's came out in '64, with badging on the fenders that proclaimed 6.5Liters and the 230 OHC in my '67 Firebird Sprint had hood badges that stated 3.8 Liters. My Pinto had a 2-Liter and I was happy because it didn't have the 1.6 Pushrod engine. My TR-3 had a 2-liter and I was happy because my buddys' MG only had 1.6 Liters. But he bought an Austin Healey with a 3-liter six in it. Dang.

[rockc]

Thanks for the input. One parts place have one listed as 5.4 and I am taking it as a 327.